With Hermana Smith
October 19, 2015
It is the best. The very best.
Highlights from this
week!
There is a SUPER good
panaderia and we kind of go there frequently because the bread and desserts are
so good... we are pretty good friends with the owner and this week he gave us
some for free and we asked why we didn’t have to pay and he said " you’ll
come back and buy a bag tomorrow" haha.... too good.
We have been searching for
more people to teach and found some right up on the top of the hill with the Cristo
statue! There are about 3 little girls that LOVE us and follow us around.
Hermana Smith gave them some lemonade and they went crazy! She is the best and
just gave it all away and they were so excited. One of them just spilled it all
over her dress. So cute.
Also we found a lady named
Marivel that lives a in a pretty poor spot, but you can see ALL of Chiclayo
from her house. The sun was setting on the ocean in the distance, she accepted
the message, the spirit was so strong, it was just the best. Hermana Smith said
" Wow, I’m in like a really cool moment right now!" she is so
cute.
Also, Elder Uceda of the 70
came this week so we got to get together as a mission, which was awesome to see
everyone. He was VERY POWERFUL and pretty much just called us to repentance,
which was needed, but kind of cut to hear a few things. Always good to repent
thought and become better.
This week we had a cool
experience. We contacted a lady and she let us in. We talked for a while, turns
out her son had passed away at 23 from cancer and had been a member since he
was 10 and was really active, although the rest of them never were. He had
wanted to serve a mission, but his mom didn’t let him. But later she had a
dream that he came to her and said he was serving a mission. We then read in
Alma about the spirit world and the peace he was in and she just started to
cry. She expressed how much joy she had to know he wasn’t suffering or in pain
like he was here on earth. We explained more and she accepted to be baptized,
but isn’t married so we didn’t put a date. It was so special to see the peace
the gospel brings and the simple truths that these people need to hear.
The thing I have learned
the most this week is how crazy involved the Lord is with our lives. One
scripture I love is in Mosiah 8:19 that talks about how DOUBTLESS PREPARED the
journey of his men were through the wilderness and finding the Jaredite record.
It brought me lots of peace to know even if we can’t see the results...
everything is DOUBTLESS PREPARED for us and happens for a reason. In the little
understanding of my mission I have seen that SO much. Companions, people,
experience, it all just builds upon each other until everyone is brought to the
truth and lifted up together. The best.
I love this country, the
people, the struggles, the gospel, and my life. So entirely grateful for the
mission and the life I have been given.
Have a great one!
Hermana Clegg
Good to see my past companions!
